MEMOIBS OF RACHEL. 149

inverted opera-glass, and to have given us the Liliputian
statuette they saw there. Nay, among the most gifted, chil-
dren of the god of song, among those who could best have
handled a theme worthy of a second Homer, one was found
BO lost to all sense of patriotism, honor, honesty, gratitude,
and truth, so degraded in mind, so perverted in heart, so
crazed by mistaken vanity, so sunk to the lowest depths of
cynicism, as to spit venom on the immaculate fame of that
sainted maiden-warrior who rescued his forefathers from the
yoke of the usurper, who gave new being, new birth to France,
and raised her children from the oblivion in which they and
their memories had else perished. That one wretched poem
suffices to stamp infamy on the name of Voltaire.

Of all the unsuccessful, weak, paltry trash that has since
been perpetrated on this theme, M. Soumet's tragedy is per-
haps the worst. This wretched compound of unskillful lies,
trivial inventions, and childish contrivances could not be suc-
cessful even when administered by RacheL

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In the soul-stirring pages of a prose writer—of a Michelet
only—can we find realized our conception of the representa-
tive of all the good sense, if not all the courage, of the France
of 1429. His pen, inspired by real genius, guided'by the
spirit of everlasting truth, has been found worthy to evoke
this sublime image; on Ms palette alone have been found
colors to paint the thunder-laden, blood-tinged clouds through
which shone the star that led France onward to a glorious
regeneration.

When from the grand prose of Michelet we descend to the
puny, halting, miserable pathos of Soumet, we can not but
recoil with disgust from any analysis of his production, and
hastily turn away from these five acts, filled with gibbets,
dungeons, Parliaments, and stakes. Though not a superior
production, Schiller's "Joan of Arc" is still a master-piece
compared to that of Soumet. The German poet has brought
before us the whole life of the maid. We have the already
chosen girl in the humble home of her childhood, placing on
her fair tresses the golden helmet she has found, and dream-
ing of the English masters of the fair fields and towns of
France, of the dishonored crown of her kings, of the Jezebelsion she excelled in express-her to add.nprecedentedrror, rage, fear, love, are all wanting.r of pride.ho may not have access to a reliable guide in forming the true\line estimate of literary productions, it is believed this Catalogue will\line \expndtw-2 prove especially valuable as a manual of reference.}\par \pard \plain \cbpat8\qj\li11\fi151\ri18\sb83\sa0\sl-191\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw-2\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs17 To prevent disappointment, it is suggested that, whenever books\line can not be obtained through any bookseller or local agent, applica-\line \expndtw-1 tions with remittance should be addressed direct to the Publishers,\line \expndtw-2 which will be promptly attended to.}\par }ard \plain \cbpat8\qj\li0\fi151\ri0\sb234\sa0\sl-169\slmult0 \f1\fs20{\b0\i0\cf1\charscalex100\expndtw-1\f1\cchs0\lang1033\fs14 The wondrous power of Citrrer BelTa stories consists in their fiery insight into the\line \expndtw0 human heart, their merciless dissection of passion, and their stern analysis of char-\line \expndtw-1 acter and motive. 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